Fatal Strike: Mercenary Road of Gunfire Ranger - Chapter 868 - 812: Playing Good Cop
When it's cold, steaming hotpot really is the best food!
Compared to the lamb hotpot Mountain Eagle and his son enjoy by themselves, those flavorful spicy pots and tomato hotpots are more popular among a group of ladies.
A dozen people, 4 large copper pots, more than thirty pounds of beef and lamb, the vegetables eventually didn't even make it into the pot, instead, they were torn apart and made into a salad which they devoured.
Apart from Xiao Wan and Tessa, the rest of these women eat so greedily...
From the Special Service Team led by Griffin to the Arctic Fox Rescue Team led by Tiffany, all are fierce female warriors. Although for the past month they've been staying in the village without much activity, in reality, to settle down here properly requires intense labor every day.
The food here is definitely nutritious enough, but to be honest, Xiao Wan's cooking skills are mediocre, and she doesn't know many dishes. With a lack of vegetables, there's not much she can do.
When a bunch of tough women who usually work with guns pick up the spatula, it's destined to be tough for them to eat comfortably.
'Steak', 'frozen salad', 'barbecue', 'vegetable soup'...
And then there's 'rice', 'fried rice', 'mixed rice', 'rice noodles', 'fried noodles', 'sour and spicy noodles'...
Xiao Wan's a bit better, while Tessa can only be considered an amateur in the kitchen. She barely manages to maintain food variety every day with her ethnic advantages and clumsy cooking skills using rice and rice noodles.
The copper pots were all brought by Xiao Wan. Early on, she had everyone eat hotpot together, but they never thought to use a carpenter's planer to slice the beef and lamb.
The beef and lamb were initially frozen solid, and even after bringing them inside to thaw, they were still a bit hard to slice.
The lack of diverse ingredients, and not being able to get full, made this hotpot not even worth eating!
But today is really different. Mountain Eagle voluntarily took on the responsibility of preparing the beef and lamb, using existing tools to create a few types of slicing and planing knives. With a few quick-eating kids, they tackled the most troublesome task together.
After eating, this bunch of women with terrible living habits tossed aside their chopsticks, clutched their stomachs, and gathered around the fireplace, lying on mats to chat and digest.
Seeing Xiao Wan take the initiative to clean up the mess, Mountain Eagle displeasingly stopped her and then called up the other women to make them do it themselves.
After coming here, Mountain Eagle felt it was a mistake to have Razer bring his wife and kids here...
To be fair, Razer and his family definitely tried their best, as they had already brought out the best of what was here and had attempted to help them adapt to the life here, but Xiao Wan and the others refused due to their living habits.
But this bunch of women's life skills are indeed poor. Away from the city environment, apart from the married woman Xiao Wan and Marta, who spent a few years in Thailand and had to become self-reliant in many things, the others' life skills are really embarrassing...
Yuliy knows a bit, her skill points are developed based on a spy template, so apart from combat and gathering intelligence, her other abilities were trained and molded to the standards of a mistress.
She might have no issue bewitching men in mansions and yachts, but trying to live a refined life in a place where resources are somewhat scarce is simply impossible.
Speaking of which, whether it's the Special Service Team or the rescue team, they've all undergone harsh training, which is precisely why they possess strong endurance...
Dirty or not, unpalatable food or not, as long as basic nutrition and physical strength can be maintained, they can make do.
Apart from work issues, trying to make them voluntarily do chores doesn't exist...
Mountain Eagle threatened to cut their salaries, driving them to wash pots and dishes, which was met with a series of boos.
Mountain Eagle pushed Xiao Wan to rest by the fireplace and then saw the Special Service Team's Griffin, Red Sparrow, and Hummingbird sighing as they started cleaning up the mess on the table. He remarked unhappily, "I heard the three of you have been married and even have children...
Now I know why you lost custody as mothers..."
The fiery-tempered and hot-bodied Red Sparrow wasn't pleased and said, "sir, you can question our professionalism, but you can't question our love for our children..."
Mountain Eagle looked at these heart-pierced guilty women and disdainfully said, "I bet besides feeding the baby after birth, the number of times you've prepared three meals a day for your kids can be counted on one hand.
Search your conscience, aren't European and American laws very unfriendly to married men?
Look yourselves in the mirror, I absolutely don't believe your ex-husbands were some high-ranking officials or big shots...
With the law favoring mothers, just what exactly did you do to have the court strip away your custody rights?"
Red Sparrow, momentarily stunned, became very angry and raised her middle finger, cursing, "We're in this state because those men are useless..."
Mountain Eagle disdainfully said, "If your ex-husband is useless, then your child should stay with you!
Hurry up and clean the house. Making your employer wash dishes is a dereliction of duty as a bodyguard.
You see, your marriages are poorly managed, you're not taking good care of your children, your life skills are lacking, and now even your professional conduct is in question...
It's only because my wife is a kind person that she tolerates you..."
Mountain Eagle's excessively harsh words stirred the anger of the Special Service trio, but they didn't dare lose their temper at the big boss, so they just lowered their heads, avoiding his disdainful gaze, and dutifully began tidying up the table.
Xiao Wan didn't interject when Mountain Eagle lashed out. When the atmosphere became tense, she walked over and tugged at Mountain Eagle, playfully scolding, "You're aiming right where it hurts, aren't you?
From now on, don't mention these things. Regarding the custody issue, I'm in the process of finding a lawyer to help them fight the case.
They now have high-paying jobs and are mothers. The court will support their rights. At the very least, letting them spend holidays with their children every year shouldn't be a problem."
Mountain Eagle was indeed dissatisfied with them because it was Xiao Wan who was their boss, and the reason they were originally hired was for their ability as women to share some of the domestic duties with Xiao Wan.
Since they were employed, theoretically, they should adapt and try to align with Xiao Wan's lifestyle.
However, these are not issues of principle. Mountain Eagle is not the kind of person who loses his temper without reason. At this moment, he just wanted to play the bad guy, to warn these women while maximizing the effect of Xiao Wan's goodwill.
Xiao Wan couldn't be fooled by Mountain Eagle's intentions...
Xiao Wan wasn't incapable of controlling them. The reason she's so busy is that she's still digesting the battle at Brown Bear Camp, dealing with the corpses, the flesh and blood, and the impact brought by what Mountain Eagle calls a 'career.'
She needed to do other things to divert her attention, and since she had the highest demands for quality of life and the strongest life skills, her duties gradually increased.
Mountain Eagle's act was essentially waking Xiao Wan's 'steady creature' up, almost like whispering in her ear, 'I'll play the good guy, you play the bad guy...'
Once she confirmed that her husband was okay, Xiao Wan quickly returned to her role.
Watching Yuliy and Marta sneak off to the laundry room under Mountain Eagle's stern gaze, Xiao Wan chuckled...
She took Mountain Eagle's arm, whispered in his ear that she'd visit his room in the evening, then sent him off to take care of the kids and animals, while she rolled up her sleeves and joined in the aftermath efforts.
Mountain Eagle got his promise, he avoided Tessa's playful look, and took out a big bag of dog food and some prepared beef and lamb scraps to start feeding the animals.
The children had very clear responsibilities, Yue Yi needed to take care of the whole Snowy Owl family, as well as Balang's two sons who had finished molting...
Luna's job was either to help him or to cause mischief so that the feeding task wasn't so monotonous.
Angel was responsible for the two Big Dobermans which were almost useless in Alaska. These handsome dogs have only been able to move around near Xiao Wan due to the extreme cold, and their outdoor exercise time hit an all-time low.
These handsome dogs didn't eat much due to less activity, so they were relatively easy to care for.
On the other hand, the Maghenxi Wolves were a different story...
It had been over half a year since Mountain Eagle started integrating those pups from the Valley Laboratory. š»š³š¦š¦šøāÆš·šÆš°š£āÆš.š¤šš®
These Maghenxi Wolves started entering their rapid growth phase after their adolescent stage.
In the past couple of months, they have been growing almost every day. When Mountain Eagle first arrived in Alaska preparing for battle, these Maghenxi Wolves were about the size of Black Back. Now, just over two months later, their shoulder height had surpassed 80 centimeters, their bodies and limbs very robust, and they didn't seem to have stopped growing.
The largest known wolf species in the world currently is the Maghenxi Wolf, with the tallest individuals reaching a shoulder height of over 1.1 meters.
The Maghenxi Wolves Mountain Eagle was raising weren't fully mature yet, but they already showed a trend of surpassing their peers in terms of size.
Unlike the ferocious giant wolves Mountain Eagle had encountered before, these were bred and selected to be a new variety, and Mountain Eagle believed their size would grow even larger, something evident from their appetite alone.
There were four Maghenxi Wolves here in total...
Zack had prepared each with a large stainless steel bowl, filled with about 8 kilograms of meat scraps, then gave each wolf a smoked cod over two feet long, and finally half a bowl of dog food soaked in leftover vegetable soup to satisfy them.
While feeding Balang, Mountain Eagle noticed the Maghenxi Wolves jostling beside Zack, and realized with just a single move, they could easily jostle him, which made Mountain Eagle realize these guys had grown.
Having gone through the viral attack alongside Mountain Eagle, Balang was already considered a muscular model among the Malinois, but when placed with these Maghenxi Wolves, Balang suddenly seemed two sizes smaller.
Mountain Eagle, seeing them every day, hadn't really noticed, but it hit him now that the twenty-odd Maghenxi Wolves in Brown Bear Camp had finally become formidable forces.
In contrast to the two bears always hibernating, and the two cougars who couldn't resist the allure of the greenhouse, these bands of Maghenxi Wolves, once fully matured, would be able to rule a vast territory.
Of course, feeding them was also a massive challenge...
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